Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Italian Americans in Movies Godfather Goodfellas





AL PACINO with AL LITTIERI


Al Pacino as Michael Corleone and Al Lettieri as Virgil Sollozzo

In Francis Ford Coppola's The GODFATHER

Novel by Mario Puzo







ITALIAN-AMERICANS in The MOVIES




SYLVESTOR STALLONE

As ROCKY BALBOA "The ITALIAN STALLION"

In Stallone's "ROCKY"

Based on a part of Chuck Wepner's Life

When Wepner fought Mohamed Ali





Two More Italian Americans in the Movies


ROBERT DeNIRO and JOE PESCI

In Martin Scorsese's RAGING BULL

Based on the life of Italian-American Prize Fighter

From the Bronx, New York JAKE LaMOTTA

"The RAGING BULL"


DiNero played Jake LaMotta, and Joe Pesci played his brother Joey

Directed by Martin Scorsese of Little Italy, New York NY






DEAN MARTIN (Dino Crochetti) and FRANK SINATRA

Both ITALIAN AMERICAN SINGERS and ACTORS






COOKING SICILIAN

ITALIAN AMERICAN

And ???









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